Sheetala Ashtami 2025: Date, rituals and the meaning of offering the goddess stale food

Date and Puja time for Sheetala Ashtami

This year the festival is celebrated by Sheetala Ashtami or Basoda March 22, 2025. According to the Panchang, the Ashtami Tithi from Krishna Paksha begins Chaitra on March 22nd at 4:23 a.m. It will end on March 23 at 5:23 a.m. The Muhurat for Sheetala Ashtami Puja will be from 6:41 a.m. to 6:50 p.m.

It is believed that the worship of the goddess Sheetala fulfills all the wishes of the submissive on this day. It is also known that it provides facilitating diseases such as smallpox and other infectious diseases.

Sleetala offer the importance of the goddess prepared in advance, to offer food that is prepared in advance

Götin Sheetala particularly likes cool or cooled foods, which is why she is offered on this occasion. The main offers for the goddess include Rice and Ghee. However, Rice is not cooked by Sheetala Ashtami on the day; Instead, it was prepared on Saptami TiThi a day earlier and put aside.

According to religious beliefs, the light of a stove or the cooking of food in the household on the day of Sheetala Ashtami is strictly avoided. Therefore, all meals and offers are prepared in advance for Saptami Tithi.

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